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Inari - acrylic by *rah-bop:iconrah-bop:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Animals

©2009 *rah-bop
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Inari is the Japanese god/spirit of rice, fertility, agriculture and industry. Foxes are regarded as the messengers of Inari, so Inari shrines are typically guarded by fox statues. This particular statue lives at Fushimi Inari, the head Inari shrine located just outside of Kyoto. The shrine was founded in 711 AD, making it 1,298 years old this year.

Things this old tend to develop a life and a power of their own.


11x15" acrylic on illustration board. The original will be for sale at Anthrocon.
Critiques welcome and encouraged.

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=Jasumine Jun 16, 2009, 4:25:39 PM
beautiful detail and use of color, along with a little bit of culture info. very well done. :thumbsup:

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~xorac Jun 16, 2009, 4:41:30 PM
holy shite! thought it was a photo for a moment there.

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=nevermeltingsnow88 Jun 16, 2009, 4:42:19 PM
This is very very nice.

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~jiangzu Jun 16, 2009, 4:48:11 PM
Impressive, I thought it was a photograph at first, you really nailed the different textures of the stones/moss/fur, and the dappled, blurry look of the background.

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~Lyrak Jun 16, 2009, 4:49:58 PM
So did I.

Wow.

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~pikachoo08 Jun 16, 2009, 4:50:53 PM
omg O_o i thought that was real at first
most impressive

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~evildux Jun 16, 2009, 5:00:42 PM
So cool. I totally thought it was a photo when I first saw it.

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*ippai-kinzoku Jun 16, 2009, 5:12:21 PM
wow i totally thought this was a photo....i had to look at it for AGES before i could see it as a painting :D
excellent work ^_^

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~rare-form Jun 16, 2009, 5:18:21 PM
The thumbnail of this almost looked like a photograph! You've done such an awesome job with blurring out the backgound, and the textures are just amazing! I also really like the contrast between the textures of the real fox and the stone one. Not to mention their general presence next to each other that makes a nice contrasting pattern in the composition. Oh if I had the money I'd so buy this. I really hope you make prints of this. I love Oriental stuff and foxes. This would be perfect in my living room. :)
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